Three ships have hit bridges in different countries – in just three months. Should we be worried? “Investing in infrastructure is critical for the public good, and it’s critical to address those aging infrastructure,” said Jerome Hajjar, president of the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
The impact of the Baltimore bridge disaster Investigators will want to know why the Dali lost control. Nada Sanders of Northeastern University, an expert on the global supply chain, says that the ship had an inspection issue last June.
An infrastructure expert weighs in on the Baltimore bridge collapse KELLY: That is infrastructure expert Stephen Flynn. He is founding director of the Global Resilience Institute at Northeastern University. Stephen Flynn, thanks for your time.
The Independent Baltimore Key bridge collapse: Experts break down possible cause of deadly crash Calling the incident “a true tragedy,” Jerome Hajjar – professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University – said the collapse could have resulted from “a mismatch between the size of the load” on the Dali and “the expected loads at the time of the bridge design.”
Bloomberg Law Abortion Case Could Harm Womens’ Health and Upset Pharma Markets Northeastern University’s Wendy Parmet says the Supreme Court’s decision on access to the mifepristone abortion pill could have significant effects on reproductive health and the pharmaceutical industry.
GBH DiZoglio continues push to audit the Legislature as academics knock ‘power grab’ If DiZoglio’s proposal does become law, Northeastern University law professor Jeremy Paul sees “a significant likelihood that Massachusetts courts would be forced to invalidate” it.
Mass Live Legislative audit would be ‘body check’ to separation of powers, experts warn Professors from Harvard University and Northeastern University, who were invited by lawmakers to share their assessment of a proposal to empower the auditor’s office, echoed many of the concerns that top House and Senate Democrats have already raised about DiZoglio’s push.
‘Wild West scenario’: Northeastern activists aim to restrict sports betting Lawyers and researchers at Northeastern’s Public Health Advocacy Institute are opening a new front in their battle against online and mobile gaming, helping craft federal restrictions that could seriously curtail betting on sports events on smartphones.
What a Supreme Court ruling on mifepristone could mean for abortions in Mass. Additionally, said Katherine Kraschel, assistant professor of law and health sciences at the Northeastern University School of Law, such a decision would undercut the authority of the FDA and upend the drug-approval process in ways that could drastically slow biomedical research. “It will really just undermine the FDA’s authority, and in damaging ways,” Kraschel said.
Large language models’ emergent abilities are a mirage For example, the trio’s paper doesn’t explain how to predict when metrics, or which ones, will show abrupt improvement in an LLM, said Tianshi Li, a computer scientist at Northeastern University.
83 Years After His Killing, a Black Soldier Gets an Army Funeral “His name was stained, and we needed to cleanse that stain,” said Rose Zoltek-Jick, a law professor at Northeastern University and associate director of the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, which researches racially motivated Jim Crow-era homicides.
Donald Trump’s $464mn bond is due on Monday. What happens next? Some analysts warn that moving too quickly could backfire on James, a Democrat. “It’s a bit of a tightrope balance,” said Nikos Passas, a law professor at Northeastern University.